STEVEN SCOTT, 47, who works at Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison, is suspected of taking indecent photos of kids and distributing them.

THE librarian at one of ­Scotland’s jails has been suspended after being accused of hoarding a stash of kiddie porn.

Steven Scott, 47, has been booted out of Glasgow’s Barlinnie Prison while police investigate the allegations.

It is claimed that Scott was caught with a haul of sickening images on his computer.

He is suspected of taking ­indecent photos of kids and ­distributing them.

Scott has worked at the jail for eight years, and is well-known to prisoners.

He is understood to be the only librarian still employed by the Scottish Prison Service, as ­prisoners tend to fill that role and work in libraries at other jails across the country.

On his page on social networking site Bebo, Scott said: “I must be the oldest person in the world to have a Bebo. Chief librarian at Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow ­(Scotland’s toughest!) where I’ve been ­incarcerated for the last eight years.

“In fact I’m the only prison librarian in Scotland, not counting Kilmarnock, which is more of a holiday camp for the bemused.”

There are a number of photos of children on his page, which appear to be sons and daughters of pals.

None of those images appear to break indecency rules.

Scott appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court earlier this month but made no plea or ­declaration and was bailed to appear at a later, as yet ­unconfirmed, date.

A source at Barlinnie said: “This is the talk of the jail. One day Scott was there as usual, and the next he wasn’t.

“No one knew what had happened to him but he was apparently spotted by some of the prisoners in a cell at Glasgow Sheriff Court, where he appeared before a judge earlier this month who bailed him.”

A spokesman for the Scottish Prison Service said: “We do not comment on individual members of staff.”

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